Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below was 0.9% in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
0.9%
Change on year
down 6.2%
World rank
23rd
of 88 countries
All-time high
1.0%
in 2015
All-time low
0.6%
in 2002
Years of data
12
2002–2016

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria, 2002–2016

00.20.40.60.812002200920162002: 0.639 % of workers with low education in the service sector2004: 0.862 % of workers with low education in the service sector2005: 0.846 % of workers with low education in the service sector2006: 0.841 % of workers with low education in the service sector2009: 0.904 % of workers with low education in the service sector2010: 0.812 % of workers with low education in the service sector2011: 0.838 % of workers with low education in the service sector2012: 0.857 % of workers with low education in the service sector2013: 0.876 % of workers with low education in the service sector2014: 0.923 % of workers with low education in the service sector2015: 0.951 % of workers with low education in the service sector2016: 0.892 % of workers with low education in the service sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers with low education in the service sector.

Analysis

In 2016, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria stood at 0.9%.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria peaked at 1.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2002.

Bulgaria ranks 23rd of 88 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the service sector) in Bulgaria, 2002 to 2016.
Year % of workers with low education in the service sector Change
2002 0.6%
2004 0.9% +34.8%
2005 0.8% -1.8%
2006 0.8% -0.6%
2009 0.9% +7.5%
2010 0.8% -10.1%
2011 0.8% +3.2%
2012 0.9% +2.2%
2013 0.9% +2.2%
2014 0.9% +5.4%
2015 1.0% +3.0%
2016 0.9% -6.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.8% 0.6% 0.9% 5
2010s 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 7

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 20 Netherlands 0.9% compare
  2. 21 Croatia 0.9% compare
  3. 22 France 0.9% compare
  4. 24 Belgium 0.9%
  5. 25 United States of America 0.9% compare
  6. 26 Iceland 0.9% compare

See the full ranking of 88 places →

More reference data data for Bulgaria

All data for Bulgaria →

Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria was 0.9% in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2015.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2002.
How does Bulgaria rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 88 countries with data for 2016.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria. Statizoid. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-services-aged-15-64-primary-education-and-below-percent-of-workers/bulgaria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/wage-employment-in-services-aged-15-64-primary-education-and-below-percent-of-workers/bulgaria/">Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Bulgaria</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the service sector)
Unit
% of workers with low education in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
88 places, 1,186 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed